Fun with Letters

A collection of poems based on letters

Author

Janith Wanniarachchi

Published

February 12, 2020

A

An aspiring arsonist
Actively availing an ailment
Avoiding an atypical life
Angered by the aristocracy
And the altruistic
Avenging the alienated
To avert an apocalypse
Ascending to an astral area
Anonymity was not amiss
Yet the anomaly was apparent
His attempt was in accord
To get the accolade
Of the angels above him
All angles were approached
And in the end
An apparition was all there was
An abyss staring back at him

D

Darkness draped around him
While the demons
devoured him from the inside
Every drop of effort he gave
Only dragged him even deeper
Down to the depthless ditch
Of despair and doubt

Daring to look down
His dreaded fears became true
The dreams from golden days
Dehumanized and twisted
Destroying all that was dear to him

Deprived of all other options
He did the deadly dance
With his dreams and destiny
Only to fail dreadfully.

“Death is part of destiny.
Denial did only the deed,
Of dealing more damage.
Desiring death,
Made no difference.
Delaying death was dangerous,
Damaging more than strengthening”

E

Enter an ephemeral epiphany
Evanescent and ethereal
An evangelist for an eternal ecstasy
Encouraging for an equestrian escapade
Sweetened with evocative explanations
And so began the expedition
To explore areas that
extend through eclectic eras of history
Even as any other experience
Soon it ended slowly into a tiny echo
Of an eternal memory
entwined with equal parts of
Extraordinary and embarrassing
Giving an exemplary education
On all things exquisite

F

A Fickle frail fragile mind
A facade for a few
a facet of truth for the favored
Flooded with fear of falling
Into a fog of faint feelings
Fixations into the far
Bringing frustrations
Drawing fractals in a flow
Of formidable fortitude
Throwing the fidgeting mind
Out of focus
Finishing it in furious flames